20 results for 'cat:"Employment" AND cat:"Employment Discrimination" AND cat:"Whistleblowers"'.
Per curiam, the appellate division finds that the lower court properly found for the employer in an employment discrimination suit. The employer is based in New York, and the employee only began working out of his New Jersey home in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown. He therefore cannot avail himself of the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination or the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act. Affirmed.
Court: New York Appellate Divisions, Judge: Per curiam, Filed On: March 28, 2024, Case #: 01770, Categories: Jurisdiction, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
[Consolidated.] J. Goodwine finds that plaintiff, a family services office supervisor, was improperly awarded $2 million in whistleblower claims brought after he filed reports contending cases had been seriously mismanaged and that his supervisor lied about her case management notes. Plaintiff did not suffer physical or economic harm, and thus he had been awarded excessive punitive damages. Reversed in part.
Court: Kentucky Court Of Appeals, Judge: Goodwine, Filed On: January 26, 2024, Case #: 2022-CA-0935-MR, Categories: Damages, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
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J. Kuo denies a motion to disqualify a legal counsel representing the New York City Fire Department in a whistleblower retaliation and race discrimination complaint on the grounds that the counsel himself will be called to testify as to allegations that an employee was retaliated against, including becoming the subject of an internal investigation, after he accused a department doctor of financial improprieties. The court finds his arguments that the counsel’s testimony is necessary to establish his alleged role in adverse employment actions to be too speculative to warrant disqualification. Plus, a separate individual who was present at one of these meetings could provide testimony in the alternative.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Kuo, Filed On: September 29, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv3190, NOS: Trademark - Property Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Matsumoto adopts a magistrate judge’s report and dismisses a seven-count labor law, employment discrimination and whistleblower retaliation suit brought by senior management of the Girl Scouts of America’s Suffolk County branch, claiming the organization’s board of directors and executive board targeted them for retaliation after they opposed what they suspected were acts of fraud, accounting irregularities, ethical issues and other violations. In regards to their claims under the National Labor Relations Act, the court finds it lacks jurisdiction. However, the court grants them one final opportunity to amend their employment discrimination claims alleging the company’s actions were racially motivated.
Court: USDC Eastern District of New York, Judge: Matsumoto, Filed On: September 28, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv7153, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, whistleblowers, Labor
J. McFarland grants, in part, the township's motion for summary judgment, ruling the female detective cannot make a prima facie case for sex discrimination. Her termination was based on insubordination that had nothing to do with her gender; in fact, she conceded during her deposition she was fired for "reporting a wrongdoing" related to Covid-19 protocols.
Court: USDC Southern District of Ohio, Judge: McFarland, Filed On: September 15, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv842, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Jurisdiction, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Laplante finds that a former employee's claims against his employer survive his former employer's motions for summary judgment, except his claim related to associational discrimination for hiring a disabled employee, which falls outside the ADA's association provision. His claim related to the Whistleblower Protection Act is dismissed because it relates to behaviors he engaged in after his employment ended and his state law claims are dismissed because he wished to have two companies recognized together as his single employer and New Hampshire doesn't recognize this definition of a single employer.
Court: USDC New Hampshire, Judge: Laplante, Filed On: August 31, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv968, NOS: Amer w/Disabilities-Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Pitman partially rejects efforts by a charter school to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Black former COO and CFO of the company, who alleged he was wrongfully fired based on his race and in retaliation because he’d reported alleged “discrepancies” in the company’s financial records. That former employee has failed to sufficiently allege that he would not have been terminated but for his race, not least because he simultaneously alleges that he was fired for whistleblowing.
Court: USDC Western District of Texas , Judge: Pitman, Filed On: August 11, 2023, Case #: 1:21cv334, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: Civil Rights, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Hillman allows plaintiff to continue claims contending a bank disciplined and fired her after she complained that a coworker provided early product access to mortgage loan officers in violation of lending regulations. The complaint lacks some specificity, but whistleblower complaints do not require employees to know the exact inner workings of a company. Meanwhile, the employee, who was Black, was referred to as "aggressive" and a "lone wolf," which carries connotations of racial stereotypes.
Court: USDC New Jersey, Judge: Hillman , Filed On: July 19, 2023, Case #: 1:20cv18805, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Jenkins partially grants an Illinois' city's motion for summary judgment on employment discrimination and retaliation claims brought by one of its former employees. That former employee objected to the city converting her finance director position from part-time hourly to full-time salaried, its decision to fire her when she refused to work the longer hours for less money, and its move to outsource its finance department to a private firm. The court dismisses her claims brought under the Equal Protection Clause, the Illinois Human Rights Act and the First Amendment, but allows her gender discrimination, Illinois Whistleblower Act and retaliatory termination claims to proceed.
Court: USDC Northern District of Illinois, Judge: Jenkins, Filed On: June 29, 2023, Case #: 1:18cv2475, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, whistleblowers, employment Retaliation
J. Fallon denies a request by a New Orleans city watchdog agency for attorney fees and costs totaling $161,447 for prevailing against a fired criminal investigator’s Title VII discrimination claims. Unlike the cases cited by the city, this is not a case where the employee sought to bring claims which were clearly duplicative of those already dismissed in another proceeding. The investigator brought her claims non-frivolously, and in good faith; she simply she could not prevail on those claims. Awarding attorney fees in a case like hers would only serve to chill potentially wronged litigants from attempting to bring their claims and vindicate their rights.
Court: USDC Eastern District of Louisiana , Judge: Fallon, Filed On: June 15, 2023, Case #: 2:21cv1992, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: Government, employment Discrimination, whistleblowers
J. Schroeder denies, in part, a university's motion to dismiss an individual's claims related to the school's decision not to hire her as a fencing coach. She has sufficiently pleaded allegations to support her claim for discrimination and retaliation based on the school's attempt to blackball her due, in part, to the fact she is a sexual assault victim and whistleblower.
Court: USDC Middle District of North Carolina, Judge: Schroeder, Filed On: June 13, 2023, Case #: 1:22cv513, NOS: Other Civil Rights - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, whistleblowers, employment Retaliation
J. McShane denies summary judgment to the department of corrections for the corrections officer's claim that another officer sexually assaulted her, leading her to resign when rumors circulated that she consensually slept with the other officer to advance her career. A jury could reasonably assume that the corrections officer's co-workers retaliated against her for filing her complaint because the rumors and hostile work environment happened on a regular basis for nearly a year, to the point that she had to take leave multiple times to handle her anxiety and panic attacks, and the department of corrections' refusal to investigate the rumors could be construed as retaliation.
Court: USDC Oregon, Judge: McShane, Filed On: May 23, 2023, Case #: 6:21cv1267, NOS: Employment - Civil Rights, Categories: employment Discrimination, whistleblowers, employment Retaliation